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The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), which is conducting an investigation into an August 21 fire aboard the cutterhead dredge Waymon L. Boyd, has released a preliminary report on the… Read More

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) recently released its marine accident brief detailing the investigation into the June 8, 2019, collision between the bulk cargo ship Century Queen and the… Read More

At about 1:40 a.m. October 12, 2018, the mv. Kristin Alexis was headed upriver on the Lower Mississippi River near St. James Parish, La., pushing the crane barge Mr. Ervin,… Read More

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) released a report on one of the most dramatic incidents of the floods of 2019, when two barges broke loose and careened down the… Read More

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has released a Marine Accident Brief for an incident that took place January 16, 2019, near Boothville Anchorage on the Lower Mississippi River at… Read More

A deteriorated barge and infrequent monitoring caused the flooding and subsequent sinking of the moored towing vessels Chattie Sue Smith, Mary Fern and Mary-R, along with the unnamed deck barge,… Read More

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) released a Marine Accident Brief June 16 detailing the March 7, 2019, allision between Kirby Inland Marine’s mv. Leviticus and its tow and barges… Read More

A pilot’s decision not to use a lookout on the head of his tow during a bridge transit with reduced visibility led to an allision that caused nearly $1 million… Read More

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) released a Marine Accident Brief (MAB) April 14 detailing an April 24, 2019, allision between Terral River Service’s mv. Edna T. Gattle and the… Read More

After resisting two key safety recommendations by the National Transportation Safety Board for years, the U.S. Coast Guard has committed to adopting them in the wake of the investigation into… Read More